The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-11-17
AROUND THE CAPITOL.
Matters and Things Picked UP in
Tour of the Governmental
Departments.
From fridays Daily

Reports from Kinney county state q
continuance of the fence cutting troubles,
and declare troublesome state of affairs
existing.
The treasurer will pay available school
fund warrants, old series, to and including
registered number 751, which closes the
old series. All available school funds
coming in from now on will be devoted to
the payment of the school warrants for
this year. Of these there are $4,000
already outstanding.
The pay car of the Houston d Texas
Central railway, arrived in the city yes
terday, bringing funds to pay off en-
ployes here, and also bringing $55,6S7S9,
interest and sinking fund due to the
available school fund by the Houston d
Texas Central, Texas d New Orleans and
Galveston, Harrisburg g. San Antonio rail
ways. Of the amount paid in $37, 900 was
in gold. The train was heavily guarded
on its trip.
DR.. Blunt, quarantine officer at Calves
ton, wrote to the governor yesterday, ask.
ing if his action in the matter of the de-
tention of the steamship Altoona was
approved. He was very promptly an
swered in the affirmative.
The Galveston, Sabine d. st. Louis rail-
road filed its annual report yesterday,
showing
Capital stock ..................... S4i6,O00 o.
received Tor transportation .....,...,, 34,2lg %
expenditures. 32,51l al
Number of men employed ,........,.............45
Number OF persons injured ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 4
No lands received from the state.
Comptroller's deposits yesterday were
$5,078 %, general revenue; $24,022.50,
permanent school fund, and $42, 502.69,
available school fund.
From Tuesdays Daily
Chartered: The Texarkapa Street
Railway company; capital, $4,000.
Judge Winchester Kelso writes to the
governor that the reports of disorders in
Chimney county have been exaggerated,
and that the fears of danger to his life
are not warranted. He says the good citi-
zens are heartily on the side of law and
order, and are DESTROYS of supporting his
efforts.
DIR. Rutherford, state quarantine officer,
writes to the governor that he has re-
duced quarantine expenses to the lowest
limit, having discharged all officers in the
service, except at Galveston and such
points where there is danger of the intro
duction of cholera. The doctor is watch
ing all the gateways, land has arranged with
the authorities of other cities to let him
know of anything that is southwark
bound.
Congressman Sayers came in last night,
and will to-day meet the governor, Sena-
tor Pope and Hon. j. p. Newcomb, to dis
cuss matters in connection with the claim
of the state against the general govern
ment for frontier protection. Governor
Sayers, who is stopping at the Driskili,
was seen by a STATESMAN reporter last
night. He said that he would leave for
Washington on Saturday week, and he
wanted to post himself as thoroughly as
possible with regard to the claims of the
state, as he proposed to work during the
coming winter to secure the passage of the
claims through congress.
From Wednesdays Daily.
It is understood that President Cleve
land has, in response to the representa-
tions of our congressman, expressed him
self as averse to interference with actual
settlers in Greer county. The whole
Greer county matter will certainly come
before congress for adjustment at the
present session.
School bonds of the town of McGregor,
to the amount of $1,000, were registered
by the comptroller yesterday.
Comptroller's deposits yesterday were
about $4,000.
The conference yesterday between Con-
gresham Sayers, Governor Ross and
Messrs. Pope and Newcomb, relative to
the Texas frontier claims, was for the
purpose of thoroughly discussing the con-
dition of the states claims. According to
Mr.. Pope's showing, about 100000 of the
claim has been allowed. With this is the
sum of $125,000, appropriated in 1860,
but never paid, on account of the out
break of the rebellion, ard covered back
into the treasury after the war. Then
there is a claim of 100000 for minute
men. The state owes the general govern